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The cause of death of a Coral Springs toddler who died Oct. 17 was changed from homicide to accidental, the Broward Medical Examiner`s Office said on Wednesday. The reason for the change was not immediately available. Last week, a county grand jury found insufficient evidence to indict Randy Thornsbury, 23, in the death of his 2 1/2-year-old stepson, Andrew Pugliese. The boy died after being in a coma for two days. Thornsbury told police the youngster fell in the bathtub and lost consciousness two days later.

Eddie Louis Dean, 51, was reportedly under court order to stay away from his girlfriend. But after he had heard another man had been inside her home, Dean threw boiling water on her legs and feet as she was getting out of the bathtub, then held her captive for days as the burns became infected, reports The Gainesville Sun. Get the DUHtails at The Gainesville Sun. Photo: Alachua County Sheriff's Office ...

Dear Steve : Riley is a tabby we rescued last October. He loves to be with us, but our 17-year-old cat is sometimes annoyed by him. We have two litter boxes in the basement. One aspect of Riley's personality which we found cute was his comfort with being in the bathroom; if he was upset by the older cat, he ran into a bathroom to scratch at the side of the bathtub, and this calmed him. Sometimes he'd yowl in the middle of the night, and to calm him down we'd place him in a bathroom with food.

Davie police are investigating what they are calling a suspicious death. Dispatch received a call around 12:35 p.m. Monday about a body found in a bathtub at 10327 SW 22nd Place, Capt. Dale Engle said. Police are securing a search warrant for the house, in the Westridge community, and are interviewing possible witnesses, canvassing the community and looking for possible surveillance footage, Engle said. The age, gender and identity of the person found dead has not yet been released.

WEST PALM BEACH -- The Palm Beach County Medical Examiner has determined that drowning was the cause of death of a woman found dead at her parents` home last week. Dianne Benafield, 24, was found beaten with pliers in a partially filled bathtub on Friday at a house in the 200 block of Alpine Avenue. Her former boyfriend, Joseph Calandra, 31, of Deerfield Beach, is being held without bail on first-degree murder charges. The medical examiner also said multiple blunt traumatic injuries and cuts contributed to her death.

Police have charged an 18-year-old mother with murdering her baby on Friday by holding the child down in a bathtub full of water. Yvette Vivian Yallico, a senior at North Miami Beach High School, was charged with first-degree murder for allegedly killing her daughter, Katherine Adela Yallico, 16 months, in her apartment, police said. Police Sgt. Bill Bauparlant said detectives went to the apartment after receiving a call about 6 p.m. Friday. Bauparlant said Yallico was home alone with the baby when the drowning occurred

A 92-year-old woman was stuck in her bathtub for nine hours Tuesday before her neighbor heard her banging on the wall and called police. Catherine Esposito, 81, heard banging noises about 4:30 a.m. -- which she described as being louder than someone pounding nails to hang a picture -- she told police. When Officer Scott Gregory arrived at Esposito's apartment on Lindell Boulevard, he heard a faint cry for help coming from an apartment two doors down from Esposito's. He forced the window open, while Officer Adam Margolis climbed inside and found Bessy Snyder in the bathtub.

Police are investigating Thursday's death of a toddler who was left unattended in a bathtub for up to 20 minutes. Authorities said Friday they do not yet suspect foul play but that the cause of the child's death remains unknown. The toddler, Shadon Crummell, 3, was one of three young girls being given baths in separate bathrooms by Shadon's stepmother, Jacqueline Barnes, 23, at Barnes' parents' home at 18162 SW 22nd St. in Miramar. The toddler's father, Gary Crummell, 24, was not present.

The Miramar woman who police say drowned her 2-year-old daughter in the bathtub Friday and then tried to kill herself has been charged with aggravated child abuse and first-degree murder, a police spokesman said. Eulie Polanco, 30, was in a coma at Memorial Regional Hospital on Saturday. Polanco called a friend Friday afternoon and said she'd just drowned her baby and was going to kill herself. Police officers and rescue workers forced their way into Polanco's Meadows of Miramar duplex and found the woman bleeding in the bathtub with her daughter, Dana, and a hair dryer.

A section of the legendary slurry wall at Ground Zero -- the sturdy concrete bathtub that kept the waters of the Hudson River from inundating the World Trade Center site before and after the twin towers collapsed on Sept. 11, 2001 -- will be getting its own $10 million bathtub. On Tuesday, construction managers for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey offered new details about the measures that will be necessary to protect part of the slurry wall so it can be viewed -- and touched -- by visitors to the World Trade Center Memorial and its museum.